Do I Really Need to Be Afraid of Centralized Control, or Is It a Good Idea?

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"It was somewhat annoying that if i opened twitter and it was going to be feeding me stuff algarythmically, i was more likely to read about the fact that harry potter had the flue," he says. "I still am a little bit bugged about some of the algaritmic thing, but i want to raise that, i don't want it to diminish from what you just said." He suggests there's misinformation on one side and vale mistrmatin the other. 'The number of lives that are going to be saved by that tweat would argue, makes up for all thestupid twet'

Ben and James contrast U.S. and China’s response to the coronavirus, and the choices facing society about how to handle information.

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Ben Thompson: Apple’s Earnings, Slowing Services Growth, Apple and the Coronavirus — Stratechery
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Ben Thompson: The Corona Virus Whistleblowers; NBA Salary Cap Decreases; Apple, Benefits, and Risks — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Disney and COVID-19, The Coronavirus IPO, In Defense of Twitter — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Internet and the Third Estate — Stratechery

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